Bruce Harreld, SVP of IBM, and Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP America, to keynote Wharton Technology Conference 2004
Technology industry leaders, academics and professionals to present at the Wharton Technology Conference 2004 in Philadelphia, PA on February 27, 2004.
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) February 20, 2004 -
–The organizing committee of The Wharton Technology Conference 2004 today announced that the eighth annual Wharton Technology Conference will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA on Friday, February 27, 2004.
Over 500 industry leaders, academics and professionals will gather at Wharton’s one day conference to discuss the recent signs of recovery in the technology sector, along with emerging trends and their implications for companies today. The three keynotes will be Bruce Harreld, Senior Vice President of Strategy at IBM, Bill McDermott, Chief Executive Officer of SAP USA, and Chris Asakiewicz, VP of Global Business Technology at Pfizer. Additionally, a featured moderator is Nicholas Carr, former editor of the Harvard Business Review and author of the highly controversial article, “IT Doesn’t Matter.”
The Conference will also feature more than thirty senior executives who will share their experiences and insights through the following nine panels offered sessions: open source, offshore outsourcing, wireless, web services, storage, Internet search, tech entrepreneurship, tech venture capital, and creating value through IT.
“In this climate of uncertainty, we see not only new technological challenges but radical challenges to the way businesses will operate,” said Joe Goldberg, Conference co-Chairman. “The current climate demands not only technology innovation, but also innovation in business models and strategies. This year we have three thematic tracks that appeal to a broad range of business professionals – Emerging Technologies, Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, and a third we call ‘Hot Issues.’ We’re excited to be able to present an outstanding and diverse group of technology leaders at our conference.”
Among the panelists participating in the Wharton Technology Conference 2004:
• Ari Kaplan, CEO & CTO, ExpandBeyond; Shaygan Kheradpir, CIO, Verizon; Jim Goldinger, VP, TD Capital Ventures; Phillip Redman, Research VP, Gartner Inc.; to discuss Wireless.
• Balaji Padmanabhan (Moderator), Professor, The Wharton School; Jane Landon, General Manager, .NET Market Development, Microsoft; Dave Faschetti, Globespan; to discuss Webservices/.XML/.NET.
• Elliot Swan (Moderator), Managing Director, TD Capital Ventures; Brian Truskowski, General Manager of Storage Software, IBM; George Symons, CTO, LEGATO Software; Ric Calvillo, Founder and CEO, Incipient Inc.; Tom Edsall, CTO, Storage Technology Group, Cisco; to discuss Storage.
• Dan Primack (Moderator), Editor, Private Equity Week Wire; Anne Mitchell, Partner, Fidelity Ventures; Peter Bollier, SVP, 3i; to discuss Venture Capital.
• Nicolaj Siggelkow (Moderator), Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School; Matthew Carey, VP, Technology Information Systems Division, Wal-Mart; Dr. Chakib Bouhdary, VP, Value Engineering, SAP; Nicholas Carr, Independent Business Writer and Consultant; to discuss Creating Value through IT.
• Sanjoy Joshi, President, WiPro - North America; Peter Nag, VP of Outsourcing, Lehman Brothers; Peter Bendor Samuel, CEO, The Everest Group & author of "Turning Lead into Gold: The Demystification of Outsourcing”; to discuss Offshore Outsourcing.
Sponsors of The Wharton Technology Conference include: Pfizer, The Mack Center for Technological Innovation, Siemens, Siebel, Sprint, and Microsoft.
Please refer to http://www. whartontechconference. com (http://www. whartontechconference. com) for a complete listing of the Conference speakers, for more information, and to register online.
About The Wharton School
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized around the world for its academic strengths across every major discipline and at every level of business education. Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the nation, Wharton has approximately 4,600 undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral students, more than 8,000 participants in its executive education programs annually, and an alumni network of more than 75,000 worldwide.
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